"The Arizona Trail is a continuous, 800+ mile diverse and scenic trail across Arizona from Mexico to Utah. It links deserts, mountains, canyons, communities and people. Currently 96% of the trail is complete."

Aravaipa Running is a proud steward and proponent of the Arizona Trail. Our two segments are on the Highline Trail near Pine, AZ from Chase Creek to Forest Road 300 on top of the Mogollon Rim. Maps, photos, and current trail conditions will be posted in mid-April. We will be organizing trail maintenance events shortly. Please contact us if you would like more information about this segment of the trail or the Arizona Trail in general.

Passage #27 - Highline Trail Summary

Arizona Trail Association

Jamil's 2008 Arizona Trail Crossing Journal






From the Arizona Trail Association Website:

What is the Arizona Trail?

The Arizona Trail is an 800+ mile recreation trail from Mexico to Utah that connects mountain ranges, canyons, deserts, forests, wilderness areas, historic sites, trail systems, points of interest, communities, and people. It serves dayhikers, backpackers, equestrians, mountain bicyclists, trail runners, nature enthusiasts, cross-country skiers, snowshoers, and mule and llama packers.
The trail can also be described in two other ways; for its features, and for the experience it provides.

Features
The many different features on and near the Arizona Trail allow it to showcase many of the state’s greatest attributes, and contributed to its congressional and presidential designation as a National Scenic Trail. The features of the Arizona Trail are diverse including historic sites, diverse natural features and geologic wonders, quaint communities, and large remote wilderness areas. Prehistoric and historic sites dot the entire trail. These sites include the mining history at Kentucky Camp, the cliff dwellings at Tonto and Walnut Canyon National Monuments, the historic Roosevelt Dam, 1900 tourism era structures and trails of Grand Canyon National Park, the former railroad town of Patagonia, the former logging railroads near Mormon Lake, and the early U. S. Forest Service history of General Springs Cabin.

Notable natural features also include the diverse life zones and elevation changes throughout the state allowing a diversity of vegetation and wildlife. Some describe these various life zones as similar from going from Mexico to Canada, and are especially evident in southern Arizona’s sky islands. These features include geologic wonders such as Grand Canyon National Park, Colossal Cave, and the White Canyon area.

These features include small quaint communities along the trail such as Patagonia, Summerhaven, Oracle, Pine, and Mormon Lake Village, where time seems to stand still. And away from the communities are the large designated wilderness areas set aside for future generations, such as Miller Peak, Mt Wrightson, Rincon Mountain, Pusch Ridge, Superstition, Four Peaks, and Mazatzal Wildernesses.